Posts tagged with:photography

On the left, an original Sony NEX battery, named NP-FW50, costs about 70€ in Romania. On the right, Power3000 PL655B.823, a battery for the NEX series, costs about 30€ in Romania. I got the one on the right as a backup and used it a few times with my NEX-3N (fitted with Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 […]

First, two quotes from an article by Kirk Tuck: The vast majority of buyers of all cameras, DSLR’s, mirror less, high end compacts, etc. were hobbyists  and amateur photographers who, after years of pursuing some sort of competence in the craft have come to the conclusion that the whole art genre of photography is somewhat […]

After years of releasing mirrorless cameras without a clear direction, Sony got it right: they put a APS-C sensor on all of their mirrorless line. Being disappointed by the Sony A57 DSLT, I have bought a NEX3N with a 16-55mm kit lens, that sells for about 400 euros. It does not shoot 12fps or nothing […]

Now that the megapixel race is sort of passé, DSLR and smartphone makers have found new grounds to battle: low light. The one with the best picture in low light wins! Nikon launched D3200 with 24 useless megapixels. Samsung and Sony have 13 megapixel cameras on their smartphone. The 50 megapixel DSLR is near. All […]

You can’t find any data about this. Sony does not mention this in the manuals or on the web. The A57 shoots some horrible video, even with the kit lens. You can hear the lens moving on the video! With Sony lens and with other lens. There are two solutions to avoid this: use an […]

I watch CES news like everybody else. Not so much to report, really. A lot of big tvs, a lot of stupid photo cameras, a lot of hd camcorders. Nikon D5100 is a good example of what the tech world has become by using a Toshiba sensor. Other camera manufacturers use Sony sensors. Even Apple […]

Let’s take a Sony HDR TG3 camcorder. I’ve receive one from sony to play with for a couple of weeks. I really like it and i want to buy one. in US – 744$ in France – 559€ in Germany – 593€ A Canon 400D, my current camera: in US – 469$ in France – […]